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SCISSDRS 0R SHEARS.

(Application filed Dec. 7, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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ATEN'I SCISSORS OR SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,839, dated July 26,1898. Application filed December 7, 1897. $erial No. 661,066. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIAM EL- LIOTT, a citizen of GreatBritain, residing at Goal Aston, Dronfield, in the county of Derby,England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scissorsor Shears; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. Thisinvention relates to scissors which are hung for a shearing cut; and itconsists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter setforth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of anopen pair of scissors embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a detailview of a part of the slotted blade; and Fig. 3 represents averticalcrossseotion through the scissors close to the bolts, which are shownwith the spring-plates in elevation.

The back or upper blade B is forged or formed with an enlargement on itsupper edge for the purpose hereinafter referred to. The lower blade B islikewise formed with a corresponding projection above its cutting edge.These projections may be to any desired extent. They are made for thepurpose of receiving the pivot-holes F for join t-pin or pivot-pin F ofthe scissors, the said pivot being fitted above the line of the cuttingedge of the lower blade B and approximately in a line With the back edgeof upper blade B, the position resulting in a said formation andcompound swinging or sliding action of the blades in addition to theordinary radial action of centrally-pivoted blades. The shanks and bowsof the scissors may be bent, fashioned, and formed in any convenient ordesired manner. I also cut in one of the blades a slot 0, radial to thepivot, and a plain hole in the other blade. Through both blades I put apivot-bolt O for the purpose of securing thereto a pair of spring sideplates P. The pivot-pin F is also carried through the side plates. Thepressure exercised through these spring-plates effectually neutralizesany tendency to separation of the blades when cutting thick or hardmaterials.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The scissor-blade B, provided with a curved slot 0, in combination withthe scissor-blade B, the spring-plates, P, on opposite sides of thescissors and the two bolts F, 0, both of which pass through the saidplates and the said blades, the bolt, F, serving as a pivot above thecenter of the scissors and the bolt 0 being received in the slot 0 andacting as a guide-pin, the said blades being provided with handles andconstituting with said plates and bolts a complete pair of scissorssubstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE WVILLIAM ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

FRANK M. CLARK, ISAAC BECK.

